balance

Last week was unbalanced. At work, I was very busy. I work in a business office and the first week of the month is "close" where we close the books on the previous month. It's a rush of making sure all the invoices are paid, and all the billings for the work we've done and the material we've sold is sent to our customers. It's all about making sure the numbers are in so the corporate office can put together the income statement and other financial reports. I worked late every night. Consequently, when I got home I was tired and didn't do anything. I watched TV and did countless sudoku puzzles and rad. I ate crappy food and I didn't exercise. I didn't write or do anything creative or fun. I didn't do any laundry or tidy up around the house like I normally do. And I felt bad about my sloppiness at home and vowed to do better the next day, but then work sucked the will to be active right out of me and I'd be back on the couch that night.

Normally there is work/life balance. Work is important to me and I make sure they get their money's worth out of me every day. Last week they got a bargain. If there is an upside to this, neither my husband or my son suffered from my laziness. MT was working nights and T is in Idaho with his grandparents. Maybe that was worse for me because I didn't have anyone needing anything from me so I could be lazy. And I can't blame it all on work because on Monday I sat around a read a book (The Manny by Holly Peterson - very entertaining!) and watched a little TV and napped. That probably started the pattern of laziness that I am now trying to break. So far today I have taken the car to the shop for an oil change, had it cleaned, bought a couple of shirts and put in a load of laundry. And I'm writing, so maybe I can turn this pattern around!